was no dancing in the streets at the ancond channel was created.
It is a tribute to "the motive force behindg bot channel: packaging programmes Inat will athalt wc larcest numoer on viewers for the benefit of advertisers. Rural Scotland does not qualify.
: CVC. the orcesi moise over .tranenice decisions was the sound of corks popping in the boardrooms of the success ui Daders ame tor all bul lwo or te lv com panies proved to: be casting some marks for building up lac susocuse. nave cone in for re-selection only once DerOTe nack perhaps that was to be This time round the w.as oc scute rine sve tor tie cs In the event it was a sideTHERE are parts of Scotland where there shov • Westward wracked by pualaroo power stugge, bows oul Ee Television South West, with a similar mix of business people and assorted dignitaries. • Doumer! Was une oner sacriliciat lamo While the big five commake programmes for the whole netWOTK. cot t: more Or lecc bank on their laurels, mearanad to gie the ap something than ocHcvu ci courane arow ing the existing companies* to go on çollecting £50m a theme forA said gha the main com wallsta • b ailt detectee public consultations around tle attention is paid to local
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nouncement of the new ITV franchise holders. These are parts which commer- cial television transmissions still do not reach, although it is 25 years since the se-
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